A Plotter Made from Lego Parts

We’re always amazed at what people can come up with using Lego parts, but this hack certainly pushes the limits. Originally conceived as a 3D printer, this plotter is still an impressive proof-of-concept. Ironically, this “3D printer” was build with the hope of winning a Makerbot 3D printer, so be sure to vote for it if you’re impressed.

it’s pretty impressive seeing what [graphmastur] has done using only Lego parts. It’s especially entertaining to see a sheet of Lego “grass” used as the Y-axis table. The build was designed in Lego Digital designer, and the parts are available in “LDD” format or HTML.

This project is explained further in the video after the break. If you’d like to simply see it do a plotting operation, fast forward to around 4:30. The device is not perfect, but as the video says “it worked, pretty well” when drawing a square with an ordinary marker.

Actually, there was a stress on some of the pieces too, so I won’t be using this triangle design. ‘m going to design it more like the cupcake cnc this time. I’m working on a substitute for the string. I’m trying to braid it into belts.

what a joke dude I appreciate your efforts to pull this off with a nxt but seriously this is pretty micky mouse. if you like message me and I would be happy to help you get your hands on some parts for a cnc mill

that thing reminds me of Fischertechnik stuff I played with in the 80s.
I realy loved Fischertechnik because they also had robotic and nice electronic parts back then.
If you don´t know about Fischertechnik have a look at: